Coming from an immigrant Indian background, education is considered the most important thing and if I look at my extended family they are full of doctors, PhD's, lawyers, entrepreneurs and all of them are highly educated and all of them highly successful.

I know far too many self-made millionaires (many who are legal immigrants with no family backing or inheritance) in various industries (tech, medicine, RE, finance, etc) and every single one has a nice car, and most have multiple nice (luxury) cars.I don’t know a single self-made millionaire that does not own a luxury vehicle (some buy old ones, but they are still luxury vehicles).I’m talking about those making at minimum top 5% (low to mid 6 figures) to those who are pulling down 7 figure rental income/yr, and donating 8 figures for buildings with their name on it.

And here is the "price" we all must pay for unlimited cheap labor over the last 40 years; instead of factories producing, green, long lasting, efficient, modular housing that would probably cost about as much as a honda accord, we are stuck with a perception that site built is better, preferable, the only attractive option, because we have been able to take advantage of immigrant workers to create an unsustainable system that does not value the cost efficiencies granted every other mass produced product.

There literally aren't enough technical young workers and we don't have an immigration system to add to that work force.e. 

Most people rented or lived together in multi-generational households; the burgeoning birth population coupled with massive immigration didn't result in massive homeownership changes.

They are not trained nor in a position to analyze leases or immigration documents or anything else that should remain in the hands of the courts.  

Like the rant against illegal immigrants. 1- not sure why you're going to Texas.

We have strong first generation immigrant communities...

Before it had a name - and most people don't even know it has a name - it was the way immigrants and other self-made wealthy individuals got rich through real estate, albeit usually leaving out the "refinance" part.

And I saw 5155 inhabitants on the roster when last census was taken in Calistoga, so I presume the main 'growth' has more to do with the 50% plus 'immigrant' population (aka: higher birth rates) than SRers, to SDers, moving- in?